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2025 Boston Red Sox Season Preview: Is This the Year the Turnaround Begins?

For a franchise built on high expectations and championship aspirations, 81-81 is not enough. The Boston Red Sox avoided a third consecutive losing season in 2024, but in a division as competitive as the AL East, mediocrity might as well be a losing record. It has now been six straight seasons since the Red Sox […]

Colin Lynch  •  28 Feb 2025
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2025 Tampa Bay Rays Season Preview: Can They Survive the AL East?

For much of the past decade, the Tampa Bay Rays have been baseball’s great anomaly—a team that wins despite payroll limitations, roster turnover, and playing in a division stacked with financial heavyweights. But in 2024, the formula finally cracked. Injuries, underperformance, and an offense that lacked consistency left the Rays outside the postseason picture for […]

Colin Lynch  •  28 Feb 2025
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2025 Baltimore Orioles Preview: World Series Contenders or Cautionary Tale?

For the first time in over 50 years, the Baltimore Orioles are poised to make the playoffs for a third consecutive season. That alone is historic, but simply getting there is no longer the standard. This team, with its young core and dynamic offense, isn’t built just to participate—it’s built to win in October. The […]

Colin Lynch  •  28 Feb 2025
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2025 MLB Season Begins with a Historic First: The Era of the ‘Robot Ump’

Spring Training always brings a sense of renewal, a fresh start, a clean slate where every team, no matter how last season ended, can dream again. But when the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers took the field against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, the story wasn’t about the players. […]

Colin Lynch  •  28 Feb 2025
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2025 Detroit Tigers Season Preview: Health Concerns Cloud High Hopes

There was a time, not long ago, when Detroit Tigers baseball felt like a distant afterthought in October. Years of rebuilding, frustration, and unmet expectations left fans longing for the days of Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera in their primes. But in 2024, something changed. The Tigers snapped a nine-year playoff drought, finishing with 86 […]

Colin Lynch  •  28 Feb 2025
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Yankees’ Top Pitching Prospect Chase Hampton Undergoes Tommy John Surgery, Ending 2025 Season

The New York Yankees’ spring training began with bold ideas and big possibilities. The search for a new second baseman after Gleyber Torres signed with the Detroit Tigers led to speculation about a blockbuster trade—one that would have sent their top two pitching prospects to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for three-time All-Star Carlos Correa. […]

Colin Lynch  •  27 Feb 2025
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2025 Phillies Season Preview: A Historic Year, High Expectations, and a Bryce Harper Scare

The Philadelphia Phillies have spent much of their long history chasing greatness. In 2024, they came close—95 wins, the most in 13 years—but once again fell short of the ultimate prize. Their NL Division Series loss to the Mets extended a franchise history filled with October heartbreak, reminding everyone in Philadelphia just how difficult it […]

Colin Lynch  •  27 Feb 2025
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Devers, Bregman, and the Battle for Third: Red Sox’ Stars Address Third-Base Drama

Spring training is supposed to bring fresh optimism—a clean slate, a new season, and renewed hope for October baseball. For the Boston Red Sox, it has brought something else: controversy. After a productive offseason that saw Boston land Alex Bregman on a three-year, $120 million contract, a move widely praised across the league, the team’s […]

Colin Lynch  •  27 Feb 2025
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2025 MLB Season Preview: Sleeper AL & NL Teams Who Could Make The Postseason

2025 MLB Season Preview: Sleeper AL & NL Teams Who Could Make the Postseason “Wait until next year.” It’s the refrain of every team that fell just short, every club left watching the postseason from home. But in Major League Baseball, next year doesn’t arrive the same way for everyone. Some teams are in full […]

Colin Lynch  •  27 Feb 2025